Prof. Dr Joël Mesot

Joël Mesot, born 1964, Swiss citizen, Prof. Dr sc. nat.

 

Member of the Executive Committee and the ETH Board since 2010, representative of the research institutes

 

Director of PSI since 2008, dual professor at ETH Zurich/EPFL since 2008

 

 

Joël Mesot studied physics at ETH Zurich, obtaining a doctorate in solid-state physics. After residing abroad, he joined PSI, where he became Head of the Laboratory for Neuron Scattering in 2004 and was elected Director in 2007. Joël Mesot is a board member at the European Association of National Research Facilities and a foundation board member at Förderstiftung Technopark Aargau and Schweizer Jugend forscht. He is also a member of the German Helmholtz Senate Commission and the Scientific Advisory Board of FRM II.